Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1877 — Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. I Aw) Rensselaer is t<» h»v® a cir- . e®». Nejtt Satorday t» trwcVwh' et»<n The Mancie Aew» is advertised for sale. Green <mni aixl ripe toaiatoca are in order. Two new hoteis are talked of at V alparaiso. It is after harvest, or will be in a few days; pay. The Bine Rildv.n movement lias been inaugurated in Franklin. A balloon ascension will be one of the attractions on show day. Lawrence county is said m have 76,000 bnshcls of surplus wheat. The wheat in Johnson county is said to be a poor yield this season. The Misses Rosa and llattic Coen me visiting with friends at Attica. Chicken cholera is “shuffling ofl"' the hens pretty fast in Porter ebunty. There were three attempts at suicide in one day nt New Albany, recently The Great New York Circus will be in Rensselaer on Tuesday, AugastTUi. Fulton county fanners invested ♦20,000 m agricultural implements this season. There are four Sabbath schools in Goodland, all ot which are in a prosperous condition. Barnums show is carrying off all the loose change of the larger towns at.d cities of Indiana. A Franklin brute was recently fined ♦17.80 for indulging in the pleasure (?) of beating Ins wife. A LaPorte paper, the Herald, ad vises planting the mulberry for a shade, ornamental and fruit tree. A match game of base ball he tween clubs composed of one armed men is the coming attraction at Kokomo. A Terre Haute doctor was recently taxed a fine and costs for stealing a kiss'-from the wife of a newlyfound friend. John Matz was drowned in Yellow River, near Bremen, a few days ago, while trying to save a comrade from drowning. So tar during the year 1877 there have been 178 business failures in this slate, involving the enormous sum of ♦2,234,885. Baseball, Goodland vs. Kentland, Victory for the former by a score of 44 to 14. Game played in Kentland bn Tuesday of last week. Hon. Schuyler Colfax has made ♦ 100,000 from his lecture on Lincoln, says the Boston (Jlube. A nice little crumb of comfort, that. There was the smell of beer on his breath, and he said: “Stop my paper; times are too awful hard; 1 cannot afford to take it longer." John W. Howerton, a bridge car Venter, was killed in the wrecking of a construction train, near Stinesville, on the L.,N. A. «fc C. R’y, on the 14th instant. A rattle snake crawled into bed with a LaPorte husband and wife, not long since, and made lively scrambling for a short time. Of course it was killed.

“How to tell a mad dog,” is the title of an article that is going the rounds. We haven't anything to tell a mad dog that we couldn't send on a postal card. There is to be a soldiers’ rmiu’um al Valparaiso on the 19th of September. The citizens of that beautiful rVale” are making extensive preparations tor a grand time. “Jopcs, if bmglars should get jnlo your house, what would you d<>?” “I’d do whatever they required of me. I’ve uev« r had my pwu way ill that house yet, and it is too late to begin low— yes, alas! too Jatd” • T. Johnson, of Greencastle, Jias a Jersey cow whose weight is 080 pounds, from which he makes over eleven pound* of butter a week. This is certainly a ri'ry large yjfcld for so sfnalj an animal. If she conpuiie* to do ae yrell the ye ir lief batter wi|| ajuonnt to 570 founds, or more than four-fifths j pf l«-r ' re Its * pound Jbe value w uid bp j (Her tlW.— 'Fitfnier. -•'*

Agricultural Department.

A New Hog Destroyer. A Texas correspondent of ‘ Htmveand Fartn. published at Louisville, Ky., write# as follows: * Without consuming much space, 1 wish again to call the attention of the hog raisers especially, and stock-raisers generally, to an instance in which the writer has latety been the second time sadly victimized. A couple of weeks ago 1 had my entire herd, one hundred and sixty hogs, poisoned by eating young cockle burs. Out of this number twenty died in the space of fifteen hours from the tame they got the jioison. i After every rain sufficient to , wet the ground thoroughly the ; bur germinates in the course jof three days, and springs up , with two slender leaves, and at , this age and size the hog devours them with great gusto; and jus* so sure as they are plentiful, and he has time to get a good supply in his stomach, he is a dead hog. They do not seem to care for or touch them except when just out of the ground, as they are never seen to eat them at other times, or at least to sicken and die from their poisonous effects except at this age, for after three or. four leaves have grown on the plants you - can allow hogs to aim among the in with impunity. From this statement it seems evident to the observer that the plant contains a poisonous property at or immediately after it sprouts the ground, which is soon lost by contact with thcifliHnosphere, or from the unknown causes, or the young plant with two leaves only attacks the gustatory tastes of the bog, and that lie will noteat ifal’any other time. Be this as it may, at this stage of its growth it is as fatal and sure a poison to the hogarnux vomica and its active properties are to the canine species.

Hew to Make a Hennery.

We advise every man to build a hennery on the same principle that a farmer would build a barn—first for comfort; second, for convenience; and then add as much for elegance and style as he is willing to pay for. But such an expense should not be carried to the business account, to be settled out of the profits of the stock; but, rather, to the account of-ornament, to be paid in the owner's satisfaction at line appearances. The plan we would adopt for a poultryhouse is this: Build on a southerly slope, if you can. Dig out for a back wall, to be cemented up. Then lay upon it a shed roof, the roof ami sides shingled with tarred paper between the boards ami shingles. It should be ten feet high in the front and five in the rear. On the inside have a walk three feet wide running the whole length high enough from the ground to let the fowls under, to scratch and go out into the! yard. Lay a floor over the part, with she shelves under them to catch the droppingsj so arranged as to be removed j and cleaned once a week. The ; nests for large hens should be 1 a foot high ami small at the entrance, running back two feet. With such nests as these hens seldom learn to eat eggs. Fasten the nests on the parti ] tion which separatee the walk from the coop. A bmldiiifg thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide may be separated into three rooms, large enough for twenty-five fowls to room. Such a building can be pu4np for fifty dollars, and is worth as much for all practical purposes as an elegant building, while everybody that <a'n afford to kt ep fowls cap afford such a henuery‘.-LA . Y. Meptncltirt,:

Use of Liquid Manures.

: It is generally believed that no system of enriching land for small gardens, with a view to perfections of crops, is m> truly economical ami so easily available as that of liquid manure. We occasionally hear of a gardener, or an amateur fruit grower, who has practiced enriching the crop by use of liquid manure; but it is not a common practice so to enrich our gardens and lawns, however ofttimes the advocacy of the practice has been written. The writer practiced the sprinkling of a lawn in a dry season with weak liquid manure-water, and in the greatest of heat and I<l routh has kept it fresh and green. In the management i of pot plants, no course of sup’plying food equals that of a judicious use of liquid manure, j There are in almost every famijly waste liquids, which usual]ly go into a sewer or drains, lor possibly upon the road, , where they are of no avail; but. .if saved, by being conducted 'to a tank, along with washi waters of the house, would enrich an entire garden for veg- ! etableaml fi nits,flower borders, iotc., and the whole if the wash be applied regularly, and at night, after sunset, in moderate quantities, would prevent the driest, weather of midsummer from checking vegetation. If an unpleasant. <)dtrt' comes from the tank, a little plaster (gypsum) sprinkled in rt nd around the tank would keep it sweet and clean. Again, the use of liquid manure need never delay planting, because of manure not being on hand; but planting could proceed and the application of manure be made at leisure.— American Hural Home.

Clover.

No matter how mismanaged, clover is a benefit, and whatever else he may do, the farmer who grows clover, is making his farm lietter. What, then, might not the result be, if the same care were taken of the clover field as of other crops? It does not need cultivating; the long, deep reaching roots mellow and pulverize the soil as nothing else can. If the clover grows thriftily, the top acts as a mulch, seeding the ground and keeping it moist. A crop of two tons or more of clover, ploughed under or cut f<»r hav, can hardlvfail to leave the ground better than it was before. It should be the farmer's aim to grow the largest possible crop of clover. A slight dressing ofgypsum—one hundred pounds per acre in early spring—often produces wonderful results. But if a farmer has a little well rotted manure, the scrapings of barnyards, fall is the time to apply it. Clover is often injured by freezing and thawing in winter, and a slight covering with manure will afford a great deal of protection. Rich earth from corners of Jences, is well worth drawing a short distance on young clover, provided the ground is hard ami firm. If the field is not mowed coarser manure can be used.—- ( 'ountry {rentleman.

Look to Your Stock.

A seasonable reminder, it is hoped, may induce those who have hitherto been careless : about attending to their stock, at this busy season, to pay due : heed to the requirements of oiir • of the most important branches p>f agricultural economy. Let us once mote impress on all that cows, to give the greatest , amount of milk, should,during the hot weather, have an abundance of good, clean water. On : the •important causes and consequences of this we have lately dwelt at length. The hot sun of these da vs

render the grass less succulent as it matures, and dries up the natural spring of water, so that it M ill stand the farmer in pocket to pump a liberal supply for his stock, four, or even five times a day, wherever there is not an abundance of clean, fresh water supplied by natural means. The use of surface water from stagnant pools is at once injurious to the animals themselves and to the milk they yield.-AhraZ New Yorker. A writer in The Country Gentleman says: “I made an experiment with nitrate of soda and sulphate of lime (or plaster) on a couple of small pastures, using about 125 pounds per acre of the first and 100 pounds of the second. I repeated the operation with half the quantity this spring, and can show a growth of blue grass on the one and timothy on the other equal in depth of color to any wheat-field I have seen, and in quality of herbage; though not in bight, of course, superior to all. The pastures last fall were fed down bare; but to-day they carry grass enough to shame the best bluegrass fields in the blue-grass region, and I have seen many thousand acres there during the present month. This applicatiori is reported to cost about s<» per acre.” “Is the thing going?” t-aitl .nit extrwtteihtgTtxltnratt m—trgbf-Jtfttng-pantaloons and short roundabout, the other morning, while waiting for the elevator in a leading hotel. “Well, I guess she is.” “Well, really, you see,” said the interrogator, “I’ve been waiting lull ’alf an ’our foi the blarsted thing, and it ain’t come down yet, you see. It seems to me they run these things rascally slow in this country. XVe don’t ’ev to wait this way at ’ome, ye know. All these things are run by steam oh the continent, and not by ’and power.” “This don’t run by hand,” ventured a wmee. “Eh! Don’t it though? Didn't I seethe chap turning the crank as I came down stairs just now?” “XVhy, that was the man grinding coffee for breakfast!” “Old ah!” and he ambled off. The coin crop prospects in the counties of Jasper, Benton and Newton are very flattering. Corn never looked as well before at this time of year, and more acres have been planted than formerly. It is calc lated that Goodland alone will ship 1,500,000 bushels this siason, which at 40 cents per bushel will amount to — Plymouth Democrat. Mark Twain, speaking of a new mosquito netting writes: “The day is coining when we shall sit under our nets in church and slumber peacefully, while the discomfited tiles club together, and take it out on the minister.” May the Lord have mercy on the minister. “Peter, don’t you enjoy the astronomical phenomena these evenings?” said a well-to-do citizen to his colored servant, the other evening. “Clare to goodness, I never tried ’em; mushmelons is my favorite fruit.”

“He is a man after my own heart, pa,” said Julia,revertingto Charles Augustus. “Nonsense,” replied old practical, “heis a man after the money your uncle left you.” And lhe.il. all As General Tcherthemoslemshedofi’was leaving for the seat of war, his weeping sweetheart sobbed; “Though I no more behold thee, yet thy name will ever be a spell.” “Does your father lie easy?” said a physician the other day, when he called to see how a lawyer patient was getting along. “No,” said his son abruptly, “he lies like the devil.” “Sam, why, don’t you talk to your master and tell him to lay up treasures in Heaven?” “What’s de use of him layii g up treasures up dare? He never see tun agin.” Charles Rbilfiit;, of Fort Wayne,, was drowned Q oif n rectnr Sabbath morning while engaged in washing his horses in th'e St. Alary’s rive l . Only one poor wayward sinner languishes in the Crown Point jail.

A. J REED’S HOO.IEK HAY SLIDB. ■ One of the Greatest Labor-Saving Machines Invented for the Hayfield! Cheap. Practical. Durable. Ifficient. Two men and one span of horses can halt slid stuck more hav with the Hoosier Huy Slide In one day, titan five men and two span horses can in the same time witi) auy other appliance. Easy to loud,and unloads itself. Price, 14-f'oot .Slide, $7 ; Iti-foot. $lO. A. J. REED, . Pleasant Grove, Jasper County, Ind. Mann'act ured by C. A. Nelson & Co., Francesville, Ind., and G. W. Terhune, Rensselaer, Ind. | Agent:—F. W. Bedford, Rensselaer, Ind. AGEN TS W ANTED.—Territory cheap and on teasonabie terms. Patented late — April 6, 1875. 44tf. hi Estate ani Ooltath Over 2,0U0,000 acres of land in Missouri and Arkansas; on the line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway offered on ten years time at li per cent, interest. Also, 100,000 acres of prairie anti timber lands in the counties of Lonoke, Prairie and Arkansas, in the state of Arkansas — very ti- e quality and cheap. limind-trip railroad tickets from Lafayette to Little Hock, via St. Louis, good for til) days, for 532.8 G, on sale at this office. For saio.nt the lowest market price. This is a rare chance for per.-ons with a few linnlire.; Hollars to ii’et large tracts of tine lum.l that will he a fortune in"a few 'years.' 246LotsinLeepolu’s Addition to the Town of Rensselaer, for sale very cheap. These lots nre very desirable property, both as nr. investment or for oeellpalion. Will be sold on liberal terms. Have 320 acres of splendid land in Kan■sas io exchange for a. good farm .in Jasper of Benton county, Indiana, and will give some boot. Improved farms at.d excellent wildlands in tliis county, lor sale cheap and on easy terms, TKTill I’ay Furnish Abstracts of Title to Land, and make Collections. TO Z-iCuXZST on five years' time at nine, per cent, interest, in sums of sl,OtX> to $25,000, secured I+y mo’-tgaee im real estate-or city-proper-ty. Money furnished promptly. The usiiirf fees and commission chirrge.4. Office in room No.B, second floor Bedford & Jackson's brick block. Rensselaer, Ind THOMAS BOROUGHS. 1

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i. ip r. s. Txna-ixzEortE, WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER, Shop in IV. .1. Imes'itrug storr. All work, warranted. Prices as low as will insnre good work. tt-17-tf. See! See! ixrExxr GROCERY! Having moved into ibe new brick buildingof Messrs. Bedford &. Jackson uud added largely to his superb stock C. C. STARR invites everybodv to call and examine hl* Can-led Fruits, Dried Fruits. Hams, Bacon Shoulders, Lard, Molasses, Vinegar, Cheese Rice, Homony, Beans, Soap, Starch, Indigo Baking Powders, Soda, Cream Tartar, Salt Coffees, Teas, Spices, Sall Fish, Cigars, Tobaccos, Meal, Nutmegs. Flavotittg Extracts, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Queensware, Glassware. FLOUR, and many articles we have not the apace to enumerate, kept in stock at all times. Goods exchanged foi marketable produce. ' Reinem ber tile plaCe—be has m oved re- — cently, and is now in Bedford & Jackson's New Block, right Im nd door. The largest, best, and cheapest assortment in Jasper county,- witta out exception. Come and see for vourselvas 21-3 m C. C.*STARR. MONEY tYIoAN AT NINE PER CENT. INTEREST, IN SUMS OF SI,OOO TO SIO,OOO, ON FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY. FOR FIVE YEARS’ TIMZE KT’This is the cheapest money ever offered the public west of the Alleghany mountains. Call on, or address, R. 8 & Z. DWIGGINS,. Attorneysand Loan Agents, Rensselaer. Ind.. ~ ——• —r-.—: ————i— —- — y., ! Book-keepers, Reporters, S c h° ol At Great. Mercantile College, Keokuk, lowa.

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